Lenovo K5 Play Specs and Price

The Lenovo K5 Play smartphone, a variant of the Lenovo K5 of which it is a little short of in terms of specs. However, the smartphone has a nice build and affordable price.

Lenovo K5 Play Quick Specs and Features

5.7-inch, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 1440 X 720 pixels (282 ppi)

Octa-core Qualcomm MSM8937 Snapdragon 430 CPU with 2GB/3GB RAM

16GB/32GB built-in storage, up to 128GB with a memory card

Dual 13MP + 2MP rear camera and an 8MP front camera

4G LTE

Fingerprint sensor (rear)

3, 000mAh non removable Li-ion battery

Design and Display

The trio of the smartphones released which includes the Lenovo K5, K5 Play and S5 has a striking similarity. As per designs, the Lenovo K5 Play is quite a decent smartphone crafted with nice round edges that makes handling much easier. The smartphone has a 2.5D curved glass and slim bezels to compliment. Moreover, the smartphone looks sturdy with fairly solid ergonomics.

Going by the standards of budget smartphones, the Lenovo K5 Play has a good enough display. It is also suitable for watching movies and other day to day activities. With a 1440 X 720 resolution, the smartphone is squared with most of the other smartphones in its category.

Battery and Camera

Lenovo K5 Play has a 3, 000mAh battery capacity and no quick charge.

In the camera section, there’s the usual dual rear camera seen in a sizeable percentage of the budget smartphones produced now. However, the cameras include a 13MP camera couples with a 2MP sensor at the back and an 8MP camera for taking selfies.

Hardware and Software

On the hardware front, the smartphone comes with a low tier Qualcomm’s chipset unlike the MediaTek seen in the Lenovo K5. Nonetheless, you’ve got a Qualcomm MSM8937 Snapdragon 430 CPU running at 1.4Ghz max and an Adreno 505 GPU in charge of graphics rendering.

Furthermore, the Lenovo K5 Play is of two models, a 2GB RAM with 16GB storage space model and another with 3GB internal memory and a 32GB storage space built-in. Storage space can be expanded on both smartphones up to 128GB and runs Android 8.0 Oreo with ZUI 3.7.

Pricing and Availability

The smartphone is available for sale on various online stores for about 50, 000 naira for the 3GB model and a tad lesser for the other variant.